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Italian painter (1873–1956)
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Galileo Chini photographed by Mario Nunes Vais circa 1904

Galileo Chini (2 December 1873 - 23 August 1956) was an Italian decorator, designer, painter, and potter.

Biography

A prominent member of the Italian Liberty style movement, or Italian Art Nouveau, he taught decorative arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. He was responsible for several of the paintings and decorations in the Brandini Chapel at Castelfiorentino, the church of San Francesco de' Ferri in Pisa, and the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall in Bangkok. He helped design and decorate rooms in the Palazzo dei Congressi, Salsomaggiore Terme. His theatrical work included designing the sets for the European premiere of Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi (Rome, January 1919) and the world premiere of his Turandot (Milan, 1926). He also created the sets for the premieres of Umberto Giordano's opera La cena delle beffe (Milan, 1924) and Sem Benelli's play of the same name on which the opera was based (Rome, 1909).

Influenced by Gustav Klimt, Chini and Vittorio Zecchin (1878 – 1947) created a number of panels in 1914 for the Venice Hotel Terminus called "La Primavera" and "Mille e una notte". These were later exhibited in the Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Art Museum.

Gallery

  • Portrait of Galileo Chini Portrait of Galileo Chini
  • Ceramic tile façade decoration (1904) Ceramic tile façade decoration (1904)

Sources

References

  1. Conte, Gian Biagio (2022). "Uno stile per l'Eneide". Hermes. 150 (3): 351. doi:10.25162/hermes-2022-0022. ISSN 0018-0777.
  2. "Vittorio Zecchin e Galileo Chini Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro Venezia".
  3. "Dalle Mille e una notte a Venezia: Le principesse di Vittorio Zecchin, il Klimt italiano".
  4. "Spirito klimtiano: Galileo Chini, Vittorio Zecchin e la grande decorazione a Venezia - Mostra - Venezia - Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna - Arte.it".
  5. "Galileo Chini il mito della Primavera - Museo Boncompagni Roma". 17 April 2020.


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